"git config get" returns "error: key does not contain a section: get"
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- Scott Birl (Temple Univ) <sbirl@temple.edu>
- Date
- Jun 5, 2025, 16:16 UTC
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Hello all:
Debian 12/bookworm -- git is already the newest version (1:2.39.5-0+deb12u2). Trying out examples from https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config.html#EXAMPLES
---- $ which git
git is hashed (/usr/bin/git)
----- $ git config get --type=color --default="reset" ""
usage: git config [<options>]
Config file location
--global use global config file
--system use system config file
--local use repository config file
--worktree use per-worktree config file
-f, --file <file> use given config file
--blob <blob-id> read config from given blob objectAction... -----
$ git config get --type=color --default="blue reverse" color.diff.whitespace
usage: git config [<options>]
Config file location
--global use global config file
--system use system config file
--local use repository config file
--worktree use per-worktree config file
-f, --file <file> use given config file
--blob <blob-id> read config from given blob objectAction... ----
$ git config get core.filemode
error: key does not contain a section: get -----
$ git config --global get core.filemode
error: key does not contain a section: get -----
$ git config --local get core.filemode
error: key does not contain a section: get -----
pwd: $HOME cat -n ~/.gitconfig:
1 [core]
2 fileMode = true
3 ###
-----Can someone explain what's going on?
Thanks.